Emir Of Gombe receives New Power Bike, as Super bikers appoint him grand patron
The Super Bikes Club Associations of Nigeria (SCAN) has appointed the
Emir of Gombe, Abubakar Shehu Abubakar III as its
grand patron, gifting him brand new bike to complement his new position.
The appointment of the first class monarch was announced at the palace
of the Emir in Gombe when members of SCAN paid a Sallah homage to the
led by the president of SCAN, Mr Gomez Adebowale.
Our Correspondent reports that the gift of a BMW K1600B Intercontinental Tourer, was said to be token of SCAN’s appreciation for the Royal Father’s acceptance of his appointment.
He explained that they brought one of the best supper power bikes, a
2021 digital bike to the Emir whom they explained has been performing
an outstanding role to the Gombe chapter of the association, and giving SCAN members inspiration and support in their various chosen fields of endeavours.
He said the objective of the association was to harmonise all other
biking clubs in the nation and preach safety among bikers as they ply
the roads.
According to him, some of the safety measures to be embraced by power
bikes users include; wearing helmets, hand gloves, boots and other
safety kits adding that if a biker rides responsibly, he will be safe
on the roads.
He said, “Biking is a way of commuting within the society. While some people
have cars, we have bikes. You can ride your power bike in town, but we
want them to observe speed limits.”
On his part, the Emir, Abubakar
expressed appreciation to the Super Bikes Club Association of Nigeria
for appointing him as their grand patron and for donating the bike to
him.
He urged them to always ride carefully, obey traffic rules and respect
the rights of other road users as they ply the streets.
Abubakar also assured the association that the bike donated to
him would be put to a very good use.
No fewer than 60 Bikers who stormed Gombe for the event were hosted by the
president of the Jewel Bikers Motor Club (JBMC), Hussein Misari.
Masari, in his address revealed that JBMC has been involved in various developmental programmes in
Gombe State including fighting desertification.
He said JBMC members have planted over 17,000 trees across Gombe and
Bauchi States in the last two years.
“JMBC members have donated over 6,500 copies of school exercise books
to pupils in Gombe and Adamawa States and the club has also in the
past organised visits to hospitals where professional doctors among us
have offered free medical services to patients. Our last visit was the
Federal Medical Centre Gombe in early March, 2022,” Misari said.
